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What's a Wreck?

A Cake Wreck is any cake that is unintentionally sad, silly, creepy, inappropriate - you name it. A Wreck is not necessarily a poorly-made cake; it's simply one I find funny, for any of a number of reasons. Anyone who has ever smeared frosting on a baked good has made a Wreck at one time or another, so I'm not here to vilify decorators: Cake Wrecks is just about finding the funny in unexpected, sugar-filled places.

Note from Jen: So far you guys have let me joke about self-help groups, glaucoma, and baby bags with no air holes, but I'm betting THIS - the ages-old cat vs dog debate - is the uncrossable line. LET'S ALL TUNE IN TO THE COMMENTS TO FIND OUT. :D

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The "shorn kitty" looks more like a "post-spinal-surgery" kitty. Or an "escaped from a lab experiment" kitty. As to the debate, dogs totally win, except on this blog...that thing looks like something my Pomeranian would hork up on the rug.Elisabeth

Dogs helped us succeed at hunting and gathering; I'm grateful to them for that. I can't abide their smell or slobber, but I can be grateful at a distance. Cats helped us succeed at agriculture, by eating the mice that flocked to the granaries when we first started farming, so that we kept with it, rather than giving up agriculture (and with it, civilization) as a bad investment. I like their company a lot more, but I'm grateful to both.

Side note: "A new species of the Brazilian orchid bee -- dubbed Euglossa bazinga -- has been named after Dr. Cooper's catchphrase "Bazinga."

"On CBS' TV series, Cooper, played by actor Jim Parsons, uses the word after he pulls a trick on someone. Brazilian biologist Andre Nemesio from the Universidade Federal de Uberlandia recently discovered a new bee species that he thinks fits the "bazinga" bill. Because the new species so closely resembles the Euglossa ignita, a more common Western Brazilian orchid bee, it wasn't recognized as a separate species -- therefore it "tricked" scientists for years."

I will be singing Soft Kitty for the rest of the day so thank you for that. Thankfully BBT and cats are the greatest things about this planet. Is there a Broadway muscial about dogs? No, that's how you know cats are better.

My dog acts like a cat, and my cat drools so I don't really know where I stand on the cat vs. dog issue. I do know that I love both Soft Kitty and the CW version of said kitten, so all is right in my world.

I love all animals, they are often better and more predictable than humans. I know a lot of people favour one over the other very adamantly (my husband included - he loves cats) but really it is all based on how much attention you personally require and how much you want to devote to a pet. Cats tend to require less labour. You don't have to get up early and take a cat for a walk, but if you are inclined to a morning jog, a dog makes a wonderful companion. You can leave out the food and clean the litter and then go away for a long weekend and a cat will be fine, if you have the space for an outdoor dog run or barn then you can always do the same with a dog (so long as you can trust him not to eat himself to death). Suffice it to say that both animals have their good and bad points as pets, but then again, so do kids, birds, rodents, snakes, lizards and anything else that requires someone to take care of it. Responsibility has to be a labour of love or it is just labour. Your lifestyle and preferences will dictate your choice.

By the way, I thought you did a great job and that this post was cute and made me giggle. I'd love to see you really push the envelope one of these days and address something really controversial just to see what happens, but I wouldn't want you to give John a heart attack.

I like cats at a distance.... on the other side of a glass wall.... where I can breath clean air that won't turn me into a wheezing anaphylactic shock hospital bunny. Cats seem to know this, and have decided that I am a target for their death-dander, so whenever there is a cat around it makes a bee-line for me and tries to kill me with its cute fluffballness.

Crappy kitty has a ball of "yarn". That's how you know it's a kitty.Let's face it. Any of those kitties could've passed for "creepy kitty".

I'm all for dogs. When they expose their fuzzy bellies, it's not just to lure you in to the cattrap of fur, fangs and claws. And agony. Dogs don't show you love by sleeping on your face to suffocate you at night. And they don't show their gratitude for food and shelter and love and affection by walking away from you in disdain. Plus, cats are murderers. http://theoatmeal.com/comics/cats_actually_kill

I wasn't going to post anything, but seeing as cats were getting all the love, this dog-lover had to do something. You know, I've often found that cat lovers tend to dislike dogs, but dog-lovers actually like cats as well as dogs. Just something to think about....

@SuBee - excellent!Cats rule and dogs drool!Though, we did have a cat who drooled when you scratched her chin just right. I've been a cat owner for years but have always considered myself a dog person, so I can take either side in the debate.Bazinga!

I am deathly allergic to cats, but I don't mind their company...when my face isn't swollen up! I do have to draw the line at the kitties above, though. Unless their made of chocolate...

I love dogs. Not the little ones you can kick across the room, which are usually noisy and mean, but the big, intelligent creatures. I'm an overall animal lover; not vegetarian, though, because I believe whole-heartedly in the food chain. Contradictions abound.

Completely OT ~ I started watching Star Trek TOS last night on Netflix. My mom faithfully watched it every week when I was a kid but I never really got into it. I did watch TNG and liked that but I think that had more to do with Wil Wheaton than the actual show. [wait, maybe this isn't so OT after all???] Anyway, since Haiku Joy did it I figured I'd see what ya'll were so excited about. I'm alllll about peer pressure!

Jen, I'm so hurt you would post something so inappropriate on your blog! We all know that cats belong to Satan and it's clear now so do you! I usually like what you post, but now I can no longer read this terrible blog and support this stuff.

Cats!!! Cats are largely self-sufficient, they don't need to go outside when it's two below zero to go potty, they don't drool on you, and they don't stink like dogs. Plus, I believe the sound of a purring cat is one of the best sounds ever.

Just call me Switzerland. My cat eats shoe laces. From your shoes. As in, while you're wearing them! My dog ate my teddy bear when I was a kid. So, yeah, they're different, but alarmingly the same. Any post based on the Big Bang Theory is awesome, even if the cakes are hideous. Love you guys!

Love it! I can't wait to show these to my husband, he is always making up atrocious variations of Soft Kitty featuring our cat Smokie. I think he'll agree she is much cuter than any of these cakes though!

"Shorn" kitty looks more like his owner gives him neck-down baths in... purr-oxide.

Eh, I like both, and I will be friendly to both, if they will be friendly to me. At least cats who won't be friendly go somewhere else when I approach. Seems like dogs that won't be friendly bark constantly at minimum, giving visits with their owners an element of annoyance. Having had a dog that was like that, it is definitely also annoying when you cannot communicate that these visitors are okay. I don't know if any burglars were discouraged from trying anything by her, but the aforementioned flipside was... ugh.

Also, cats -- at least around here -- walk themselves and don't make you stand out in whatever weather it happens to be while they take their time.